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the river at the other end of the town—and in viewing Callander 
Crags, wooded nearly to their summit, the romantic Pass of Leny, 
and the Falls of Bracklin. Breakfasting at 7 o'clock, all were 
ready to start at the appointed hour, and mounted the carriages 
prompt at 7.30 a.m. for a twelve miles drive to Loch Katrine, 
through classic Scottish scenery. 
LOCH KATRINE. 
The route from Callander to the point of destination at 
Buchanan Castle in the afterncon, lay through a country over 
which the great Wizard of the North has cast a magic spell in 
“Rob Roy” and “The Lady of the Lake.” The whole district is 
mainly owned by the Earl of Moray, the Earl of Ancaster, and 
the Duke of Montrose; and from a forestry point of view 
is noted for the wide extent of the natural coppice woods, 
chiefly of oak, and numerous plantations on the rugged hill- 
sides, and in the romantic glens intersecting the district in all 
directions. 
After leaving Callander and passing the bridge of Leny, at the 
mouth of the Pass of Leny, richly clothed with natural oak and 
hazel, the road sweeps round the base of Ben Ledi, and runs for 
some miles through the estate of the Earl of Moray, which joins 
the Earl of Ancaster’s estate in the Pass of the Trossachs. On 
such a lovely morning the grandeur of the Highland landscape 
was seen at its best, culminating in the unrivalled scenery of the 
Trossachs, which has been said by an eminent authority to 
“beggar all description.” Passing Ben Ledi, “‘Samson’s Putting 
Stone” was seen high on the mountain on the right; while on 
the left were observed Bocastle with its ancient ruined fort; 
Coilantogle Ford, Loch Vennachar (‘lake of fair valley”), with 
the Wood of Lamentation on its north bank, Lanrick mead, 
“‘ Duncraggan’s Huts,” the Brig o’ Turk, Loch Achray (“a lovely 
loch”), and on through the richly-wooded Pass of the Trossachs 
(“bristled territory”), with Ben A’an and Ben Venue to right 
and left,— 
‘* Mountains that like giants stand, to sentinel enchanted Jand,” 
with 
** Crags, knolls, and mounds, confusedly hurl’d, 
The fragments of an earlier world.” 
